WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA Fisheries is recommending $4.2 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative(link is external) funding to continue ongoing work restoring important habitat in the Great Lakes. Through this funding, partners will implement projects that support fisheries, habitats, and communities in Great Lakes ecosystems. We're recommending funding to continue the work of three ongoing cooperative agre  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: An AFWERX Refinery logistician at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, has found a project that could save the DoD money and could be used by Air Force cargo aircraft around the world. Jay Breyer, AFWERX Refinery Logistician at Robins AFB, said the AFWERX Refinery is an "Innovation Accelerator," which provides Airman and Guardian innovators with entrepreneurial knowledge and connection  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) The Air Force is organizing its major commands, or MAJCOMs, into Institutional Commands, responsible for organizing, training, and equipping Airmen, and Service Component Commands, responsible for preparing Airmen for warfighting in a combatant command's area of responsibility. The changes are part of the Department of the Air Force's Great Power Competiti  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Two Cincinnati men were sentenced in federal court here today to decades in prison for crimes involving the murder of the owner of Madeira Beverage in February 2021 and multiple armed robberies. Willie James Attaway, 33, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering Roop C. Gupta and committing or attempting four other armed robberies on Feb. 8 a  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news wrap up: * * * 9 Sep 1954 (Tinker AFB/Mobility Directorate) In 1954, the Air Force purchased the first 29 of its future 700+-strong KC-135 Stratotanker fleet. And on this date in 1954, Tinker AFB sent its representatives to an Air Materiel Command phasing group meeting to discuss the anticipated delivery of its initial KC-135As, which would begin arriving in August 1956. These ear  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $2.9 million in the state of Ohio to support workforce development programs that will grow the aviation and construction industries throughout the region, including Appalachia. The EDA investments announced today are: Western Reserve Por  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Columbus, OH - The U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Derrick Faison last evening in Madison, Wisconsin. Derrick Faison was wanted by the Columbus Division of Police for Attempted Murder. Faison was charged with Attempted Murder in Franklin County Municipal Court after an investigation by the Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit. Faison allegedly stabbed the victim, Paul Carter,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: Columbus, OH - The U.S. Marshals arrested fugitive Jaquan Curry this morning in Columbus. Jaquan Curry was wanted by the Columbus Division of Police for Murder. Curry was charged with Murder in Franklin County Municipal Court after an investigation by the Columbus Division of Police Homicide Unit. Curry allegedly shot and killed Ronald Diggs in the 1700 Block of North High Street o  more

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Adrian Horton, also known as "Big Guy" and "Fat Boy," 23, of Toledo, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 40 or more grams of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine base, also known as "crack." According to court documents and statements made in court, on March 28, 2022, law enforcement officers executed   more